Last week, Hands on: as we grow shared an adorable idea for making shape puzzles on the floor. I thought we would use this idea too but we changed it up just a little and put it on a table instead…
Each shape was made by placing tape on the table and then we set out foam shaped blocks that I got from the Target Dollar Spot…
When the children arrived at preschool, they found the foam blocks and shapes waiting for them on the table and it was up to the children to decide how they wanted to use these items…
Some of the children chose to put their blocks on the lines of the shapes…
Some of the children chose to put the blocks inside the shapes…
Most of the children chose to use blocks that matched the color of their tape-shape or they chose to use one single color to work with…
While the children played, I would invite them to tell me what the name of the shape was. Part of the objective was to reinforce the recognition of some basic shapes but this activity is also great for spacial awareness, patterning, sorting, and matching…
We will be doing more with activities such as this on the table – this was simple to prepare and allowed for independent math-play and exploration.
By the way – I purchased this tape from our local United Arts and Education!